Mechanisms of trauma at a rural hospital in Uganda

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hulme, Peter ^a  

^a TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78650843514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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